Detachable umbrella-cover.



No. 630,4l5. Patented Aug. 8, I899. (L A. SHALEB.

DETAOHABLE UMBRELLA COVER.

(Application filed June 18, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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CLARENCE A. SHALER, OF WAUPUN, WISCONSIN.

DETACHABLE UMBRELLA-COVER.

SPECIFICATION mining e t of Letters Patent N6. 630,41 5, dated August 8,1899. Application filed June 13, 1898. Serial No. 683,333. (No model.)

To alt whom it may concern:

,Be it known that I, CLARENCE A. SHALER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Waupun, in the county ofFond du Lac and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and usefulDetachable Umbrella-Cover, of which the following is a specification. 1

My invention relates to detachablevum brella-covers, and particularly toa clasp for securing the cover to the ribs of an umbrellaframe; and theobject in view is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient claspadapted for arrangement wholly within the periph-v eral contour of theumbrella-coverand of such a construction as to expose the terminals ofthe ribs, whereby the appearance presented is the same as that when thecover is attached in accordance with the ordinary practice.

Further objects of the invention are to provide such a construction ofclasp as to prevent the turning thereof upon the rib, adapted to beapplied to a rib of the ordinary construction having the usualthread-eye, and also to provide means for limiting the inward movementof the clasp upon the rib Without modifying the construction of theordinary umbrella-frame, whereby the cover-securing devices embodying myinvention may be ap;

plied to an umbrella cover and frame without the exercise of anyparticular skill upon the part of the workman, or, in other words,whereby the device embodying my invention may be applied to an umbrellaby the user without the aid of skilled labor.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of an umbrella having cover-attaching devices constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is adetail side view of an improved cover-attaching device applied in theoperative position to a rib, the cover being shown in section. Fig. 3 isa longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 4 is a transverse section onthe line 4 4 of Fig. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the stop-linkoperatively,engagedwith the thread-eye of the rib.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates an ordinary rib of an umbrellaframe provided with the usualthread-eye 2, and 3 represents a sleeve open at both ends and formingone memberof the clasp embody- .ing my invention, said sleeeve beingadapted to: be fitted longitudinally upon the rib and moved inwardlythereon a sufficient distance to expose the extremity of the rib beyondthe end thereof, whereby the appearance of that portion of the rib whichprojects beyond the umbrella-cover 3 is the same as in the ordinarypractice. The umbrella-cover is attached to the sleeve member oftheimproved clasp by means of threads 4, engaging thread openings orperforations 5, formed in the.

sleeve contiguous to its outer end, the said sleeve being arrangedwholly within the peripheral contour of the umbrella-cover, as clearlyshown in the drawings, in order to conceal the sleeve.

In order to prevent the sleeve from turning upon the rib, it is providedat its inner side with a longitudinal upstruck groove 6, which receivesthe thread-eye 2 as the sleeve is fitted to place, and in order toprevent inward displacement of the sleeve upon the rib in case oflooseness I employ a stop-link 7, provided at its inner end with anintegral inwardly-turned stop-loop 8 and constructed at its outer end toform a snap-hook 9 for engagement with. the thread-eye 2. This stoplinkis preferably constructed of a single blank of wire doubled upon itselfat an intermediate point and having its sides bent at right angles tothe loop to form the said stop 8, while the arms or sides of the loopare extended, the one to form a hook for engagement with the eye 2 andthe other to form a spring-tongue 10, by which the hook is normallyclosed, but which is so located as to facilitate the engagement of thehook with the eye 2 when the attachment is applied to an umbrella-frame.

The length of the stop-link is such that when its hook end is engagedwith the threadeye its stop end is arranged approximately at an intervalfroni the eye which is slightly less than thelength of the sleeve, andthe inner end of the sleeve is cut away or notched,

vious that by means of the device embodying by the sleeve is held withits outer end just covering the thread-eye 2. The appearance of anumbrella-frame to which the cover is attached by the means hereinbeforedescribed is substantially similar tothat of an umbrella wherein thecover is stitched to the threadeyes in the ordinary Way, and it will beobmy invention an umbrella-cover may be attached to a frame without theexercise of skill upon the part of the workman for the reason that thesnap-hooks of the stop-links may be readily engaged with the thread-eyes2, and after stitching the cover at the proper intervals to the sleevesthe latter may be slipped endwise' upon the ribs until the inwardmovement is checked by the stops at the inner ends of said links.

A further advantage of the construction described resides in the factthat the attachment of the cover to the sleeves is at the extreme edgeof the former. and in alinement with the seams between the gores, andhence when the umbrella is raised the coveris strained parallel with itsperipheral edge and also upon the lines of the gore-seams, as in theordinary practice.

A further important feature of the construction, embodying my inventionresides in the fact that the, sleeve is split longitudinally and isconstructed of elastic or spring metal whereby it is normally held withthe edges of its'split or open side in contact; but in applying thesleeves to the umbrella-ribs the sleeves are adapted to yieldtransversely, or, in other words, to expand, to receive ribs ofdifferent diameters or thicknesses Without straini-ngthe parts ordetractingfrom the facility with which the operation may be performed.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, claim is 1. A clasp for securing anumbrella-cover what I to. a frame-rib, the same comprising an openendedsleeve, to slidingly receive the umbrella frame-rib and the thread-eyethereof, and a disconnected stop, engaged with the threadeye, to limitthe inward movement of the sleeve upon the rib, substantially asspecified.

2. A clasp for securing an umbrella-cover to a frame-rib, havinga sleeveto receive the 1 outer end of a rib, and provided with a longitudinalgroove to engage the thread-eye of the rib, and means for limiting theinward movement of the sleeve upon the rib, substantially as specified.

3. A clasp for securing an umbrella-cover to a frame-rib having a sleeveto fit upon the outer end of a rib, and having an open outer end throughwhich the extremity of the-rib projects, and a stop for limiting theinward movement of the sleeve, said stop consisting of a link, struckfrom a single blank of wire, doubled upon itself at its center and upsetto form a stop-loop, and having its sides constructed, respectively, toform a hook and a yielding tongue for closing the mouth of the hook,substantially as specified.

4:. A clasp for securing an umbrella-cover to a frame-rib, having asleeve to fit upon the outer end of a rib, and having an open outer endthrough which the extremity of the rib projects, and a stop for limitingtheinward movement of thesleeve, said stop consisting of a link engagedat one end with the threadeye of the rib, and provided-at the other endwith a projection to-engage the innerend of the sleeve, substantially asspecified.

5. A clasp for securing an umbrella-cover to a frame-rib, the samecomprising a transversely-expansible resilient sleeve adapted to besecured to the umbrella-cover and receiving-therein the end of the rib,and a separate stop engaged at one end with the rib'and provided at itsother end with a projection engaging with the sleeve to arrest theinward movement thereof upon the rib, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own- I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

CLARENCE A. SEALER.

WVitnesse s:

O. E. HOOKER, HENRY HARTYERINK.

